Assiguob op oue-half to george j



F. C. DORMENT.

AIR CHAHGING DEVICE.

APPLxcATloN FILED ocT.24,191.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

Patented July 15, 1919.

u ca., wAsHlNda-QN. b. c.

THE COLUMBIA PLANDGRAP F. C. DORMENT.

AIR CHARGING DEVICE.

APPLxcATIoN man oc. 241 191s.

1,309,880. Patented July 15, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

-fda @1Mo/(M0110 THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D.. C.

"f/RRNr( @pom/IEN? AEN-r orio. A

FRANK c. DORMENT, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AssIGNoR or -oNE-HALF r.ro crriozacrny .'r. LOWE, or CLEVELAND, oHIo.

AIR-CHARGING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 1.5, 1919.

Application mea october 24, 191s. serial No. 259,559."

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FRANK C. DORMENT, a citizen ofthe United States of America, residing at Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Air- Gharging Devices, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention aims to provide a simple and inexpensive air charging device which may be in the form of a volatilizer or inhaling apparatus and may be advantageously used Iby the medical profession, particularly as a means for the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases. The device or apparatus may be further used for deodorizing, disinfecting, fumigating and general air purifying purposes, and it is in this connection, that I have devised a portable device that can be located in private or public places as a means of combating the transmission of infections diseases and destroying or neutralizing of obnoxious or dangerous gases.

My invention particularly resides in a container for a liquid or matter possessing remedial properties, for instance a volatile liquid, as the oil of eucalyptus. Mechanical means is associated with the container for converting the volatile liquid into a dry fluid, for instance air impregnated with the properties of the liquid, and this is accomplished by either passing air through the liquid to extract such properties or causing air to contact with the liquid or matter. In either instance the mechanical means maintains a supply and circulation of beneficial impregnated air that will serve either as a deodorant, disinfectant or remedy in connection with respiratory diseases.

My invention further aims to provide a durable, sanitary and electrically operated inhaling apparatus, wherein the parts are constructed with a view of reducing the expense of manufacture and at the same time retain those features by which the apparatus may be easily regulated and present a neat appearance.

Reference will now ing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus;

Fig. 2 is a plan of a portion of the same;

be had to the draw- Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the apparatus; and

Fig. 4 is a plan of the same with the motor and a portion of the fan casing removed. p

In the drawings, the reference numeral l denotes a circular flanged base having a plurality of legs 2 or other supports and bolted or otherwise detachably connected to the base 1, as at 3, is the bottom 4 of a cylindrical container or receptacle 5,-said container having the cylindrical walls thereof provided with annular beads 6 and 7 the former limiting the sea-ting movement of the container in the base 1, and the latter limiting the seating of the lid or cover 8 on the upper end of said container. The side wall of the container is also provided with an apertured boss 9 and connected to said boss is an adjustable shutter or valvular member 10 which is movable to and from the apertured boss in order to regulate the volume of air which passes throughV the apertures of said boss into the container 5.

Mounted in the container 5 is an annular shell 11 in spaced relation to the side walls of said container to form an annular chamber 12. The upper end of the shell 11 has a lateral flange 11a soldered or otherwise connected to the walls of the4 container, adjacent its upper end, said flange closing the upper end of the chamber 12 which receives air through the apertured boss 9. The lower end ofv the shell 11 is open and in spaced relation to the bottom of the container 5, so that air from theV chamber 12 may be drawn into said shell and during its passage through the appapartial vacuum in the shell 11, as will hereinafter appear. In some instancesa solid or semi-solid medicinal preparation may be used and attacked by the air, particularly when a mild dry-air treatment is desirable.

The lid or cover 8l has a central opening affording an annular tapering seat 13 for the depending tapering connection 14 of a sectional fan casing 15, said casing being composed of two horizontally disposed connected sections that provide a fan com- .partment or chamber directly above the connection 14 which communicates with the shell 1i. The fan casing 15 has a tangentially disposed outlet connection 16 to receive a plug 17 in communication with a fiexible hose or conduit 18 having its outer end provided with a-nose or mouth piece 19 of any conventional form.

Suitably mounted on the fan casing 15 is a variable speed electric motor 20 which has its armature shaft 21 extending axially of the fan casing 15 and provided with a fan 22 within said casing said fan having its blades or vanes shaped to produce a suction or: partial vacuum in the shell of the apparatus, so that fumesor impregnated air may be withdrawn from the shell and discharged through the elements "16 to 19 inclusive. The motor 20 has a plug or electrical connection 23 so that it may be operated from an ordinary electric lighting circuit.

A detachable screen 25 may be mounted in the shell 11 to break up and disintegrate any particles of matter carried upwardly in the shell, thus contributing to the impreg nation of air by the volatile liquid or matter in the container. The screen 25 may be suitably positioned and frictionally held by a spring or gripping device 26.

It is through the medium of the shutter orval'vular member 10 that the degree of air impregnation by the volatile liquid is regulated; it being possible to supply air at the nose or mouth piece 19 that is either rich or poor inits remedial properties, and through the medium of the variable speed electric motor 20, which is of the ordinary and well known type, the speed of the fan '22 may be varied and consequently the volume and force of impregnated air to the outlet of the apparatus.

The apparatus in its entirety is finished to present a neat appearance for professional usc, and while in the drawing there is illustrated the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such variations and modifications as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is 1. An apparatus of lthe character described comprising` a container adapted to receive air above the bottom thereof and hold a volatile liquid on the bottom thereof, a casingcommunicating with the top. of said container having an outlet, and means in said casing adapted to produce a partial vacuum in said container to cause air to Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner Washington, D. G.l

travel downwardly toward the bottom of said container and then upwardly through said casing.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a container adapted to receive air, means carried by said container adapted to regulate the supply of air thereto, a shell in said container adapted to 'contain a volatile liquid and coperate therewith in providing an annular chamber, adapted to have air travel downwardly therein, a casing communicating with the top of said container and provided with an outlet, and an electrically driven variable speed fan in said casing adapted to produce a partial vacuum in said container.

8. An apparatus of the character described comprising a container adapted to receive air, a valvular member carried by the side of said container adapted to regulate the supply of air thereto, a shell in said container adapted to receive a volatile liquid and cooperate with said container in providing an annular air chamber, a cover on said container, a fan casing supported by said cover and communicating with said container and the shell therein, said fan casing having an outlet, a conduit connected to the outlet of said fan casing, a fan in said fan casing, and an electric motor on said fan casing adapted to operate and provide a variable speed for said fan casing.

4*. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a container adapted to receive air and hold volatile matter, said container having side air inlet openings, a shell in said container providing a chamber with its upper end closed and its lower end open into said container, and means on said container adapted to cause air to circulate in said chamber and said shell.

5. An apparatus of the character described, comprising a container, a valvular member lon the side of said container adapted to admit airthereto, a shell in said container providing an annular chamber having its upper end closed and its lower end in proximity to the bottom of said container so that air admitted to said container may pass downwardly under the lower edges of said shell, and means on top of said container communicating with said shell adaptedy to produce a circulation of air through said apparatus.

lIn testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence ,of two witnesses.

FRANK C. DORMENT.

of Patents, 

